A former Debenhams store that has been empty for four years is "blighting" a town, a council said. The four-storey Waterloo House building in Ipswich town centre has been vacant …

Plans for a major solar farm capable of powering close to 10,000 homes have been pushed back over local concerns. Mid Suffolk councillors met to discuss plans for a new …

A construction company building a new cancer centre has apologised to residents as "unusually high temperatures" mean there will be overnight works for the next two weeks. Sacyr, which is …

The coastguard has been leading a response to small boat "activity" in the English Channel. A spokesperson for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency confirmed that UK Border Force boats were …

Bird flu restrictions in Shropshire are expected to be lifted within weeks, the government has said. The restrictions have been in place since January after an outbreak at Griffiths Family …

A council leader said there was still "much more to do" to try reducing the local authority's "disastrous" £900m debt, as he resigned from office. John Kent has stepped down …

Permission has been given for a 66-bed residential home for the elderly to be built in Bourne. LNT Care Developments has been granted planning permission by South Kesteven District Council …

Drivers have been warned of more than a week of overnight closures to a main road in Shropshire. From 11 to 16 June, the A5 near Shrewsbury will be closed …

Listen to Jean read this article The border between North and South Korea is swamped with layers of dense barbed-wire fencing and hundreds of guard posts. But dotted among them …